ound. Leaves of the lower plane ascending, he on 
ciliated nor at all ambrieated over the stem; leaves of the upper 
plane more than one-half as long, ouaane oblong, with a large 
cusp. Spikes eee slender, 4-1 in. long, 4 lin. diam.; bracts 
ovate, cuspida 
ab. Raatay Ghauts and Neilgherries, Hohenacker 83a! 
Perottet 13861! Jacquemont 689! Pegu, Scott! (a form with a short 
aac to the leaves of the upper plane). 
177. 8. pennata Spring Mon. ii. 257. — S. crassicaulis Sprin 
Mon. ii. 172. — Lycopodium pennatum D. Don. — L. crassicaule 
Hook. & Grev. — Stems reaching a foot or more in length, erect, 
stout and conspicuously sieves copiously pinnate, the ascending 
branches elongated and very compound. Leaves of ie ood plane 
contiguous on the musiek ier erecto-patent, pale green, mem- 
branous, oblong, acute, a line long, nearly equal- ied Le ciliated, 
not at all imbricated over the stem at the base; leaves of the 
upper plane “ees half as long, oblong, acute. Spikes copious, 
“onnee 4-34 in. long, } lin. diam.; bracts ovate, acute, strongly 
ele 
Hab. Himalayas of Nepaul, Wallich! —— in Herb. Ind. 
under No. 128 with S. fulcrata). Habit of S. chrysorhizos, but the 
bracts ie 
178. S. mereurna Spring Mon. ii. 81.--Stems apna slender, 
&@ point at the er corner, a in. long, pale green, very m 
branous, aabenudt: sided, broadly rounded, not ciliated, and can Diasateal 
over the stem on the upper side at the base; leaves of the upper 
plane very small, broad ovate, with a cusp as lon ng as the lam 
bole short, square, 3-1 lin. diam.; bracts ovate, acute, neconiay 
Hab. In Tenasserim, at Mergui, Grijith! Habit of S. tenera, 
but oe bracts unifo 
S. Pounreri Hort. Veitch. — Stems densely tufted, very 
serider suberect, 2~8 in. long, three or ote times dichotomously 
forked, ‘with slender radicles from the lower half. Leaves of the 
lower plane distinctly spaced, spreading, " paborbiatns, ' Sekaae, 
2 line long, ee green, moderately thic k in texture, more pro- 
duced on the upper side of the midrib, broadly rounded and 
ny ciliated on the upper side at the base, and a little imbricated 
over the stem ; leaves of the npper plane nearly as long, cash ovate, 
acute, ascending, Spikes slender, 4-1 in. long, 4 lin. diam. ; 
bracts ovate, acute, lax, scarcely longer than the spor aint 
ab. Azores, ‘introduced into cultivation by Messrs. Veitch 
about 1868. Leaves a those of S. delicatissima, but habit 
differen 
